Caraway Alexander’s Roman Empire is how citizens of the Roman Empire ate. “I’ve always really been interested in history,” they say. “Like the nitty-gritty of how people existed, what their markets were like, what their day-to-day was like. I find that really fascinating.” Currently a chef at the Tavern at Heathman, Alexander has worked at a wide range of Portland restaurants, including Akadi, Bollywood Theater, and Gado Gado. During a stint at an Italian restaurant, they began to look into how ancient Italians ate.
“I was really surprised that it was so drastically different from how we know Italian foods today,” they say. “There’s no tomatoes, there’s no eggplants,
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